Callo and Cally cellphone robots
Who would have thought that passion, knowledge and some spare Bioloid parts alongside an old school Nokia N82 handset could outcome in the Callo and Cally cellphone robots? Developed by PhD student Ji-Dong Yim and Prof Chris D. Shaw at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University, Canada, these robots are [...]
Opera 10.52 For Mac Arrives
Fresh from its iPhone success, Opera has now announced that the final version of Opera 10.52 is here, offering a slew of improvements, most notably its new speedy Java Script engine – Carakan. Opera claims that the new JavaScript engine is 10 times faster than the previous Mac version. Other improvements include multi-touch support which [...]
Asus Eee PC T101MT shipping that April
The Asus Eee PC T101MT is an interesting netbook since it sports a 10″ touchscreen display that allows you to turn it into a tablet whether the need arises. Of course, don’t expect any super high resolution with that puppy since it has a mere 10.1″ capacitive resistive touchscreen display at 1,024 x 600 resolution [...]
RAmos W7 spotted yet again
There is still no RAmos W7 on sale officially just yet, but here is another glimpse at that Mobile Web Device (MID) which will feature a 4.8″ touchscreen display, running on a Rockchip 2808 processor with five different touch controls for you to take advantage of – we’re not too certain what those touch controls [...]
Windows notebook to get Mac-like scrolling and gestures
TouchPad Gesture: ChiralScroll™ for vertical scrolling from Synaptics, Inc. on Vimeo. Even whether you are a die-hard Windows fan, chances are pretty good that once you have had a go at the two-finger scrolls and three-finger gestures on a MacBook, the vanilla Windows trackpad does seem pretty much like a dead fish. Well, here’s an [...]
Google Gesture Search Updated To Support Android 1.6
If you’re running Android 1.6 and were drooling by Google’s Gesture Search that was announced about two weeks back, you’re in for a treat, as Google has just officially announced support for Google Gesture Search on Android 1.6. Google Gesture Search allows you to search for an item by just drawing alphabet gestures on the [...]
iPhone 3.2 Beta SDK Hints At New Gestures
Folks who are keen to dabble with Apple’s latest iPhone 3.2 Beta 4 SDK might be interested to check out some new gestures that have presented in the gestures folder. Upon inspection, you’ll notice the 3Tap.plist and LongPress.plist files, which seem to indicate that the iPhone will get the triple tap and distant press interaction [...]